Dick Diver

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Dick Diver
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OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
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GenresIndie pop, dolewave
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  • 2008–2018
  • 2025–present
LabelTemplate:Pluralize from textChapter Music
MembersRupert Edwards
Alistair McKay
Steph Hughes
Al Montfort

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Dick Diver is an Australian four-piece indie pop band from Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). The band consists of Rupert Edwards (guitar) and Alistair McKay (guitar), Steph Hughes (drums) and Al Montfort (bass). It took its name from the character Dick Diver in the novel Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[citation needed]

Origins and development

Dick Diver was formed in 2008, with guitarists Rupert Edwards and Alistair McKay, drummer Steph Hughes (Boomgates) and bassist Al Montfort (Total Control, UV Race, Lower Plenty et al.). The band have been one of the more successful products of the "New Melbourne Jangle" scene, gaining traction in Australia and overseas.[1] They are also the unwilling pioneers of a joke genre called "dolewave".[2]

In 2009, Dick Diver released their debut EP, Arks Up.

Their debut album, New Start Again, was listed on a number of year's end best-of polls, including from Mess and Noise.[3][4]

Dick Diver shared a vinyl single with one of Montfort's other bands Lower Plenty, as part of the 2013 singles club series for iconic US label Matador.[5]

Their 2013 album Calendar Days was named by The Guardian as the best Australian album of 2013,[6] and the second best album by Mess and Noise.[7] It appearing on best-of 2013 lists from the Sydney Morning Herald,[8] The Music,[9] Buzzfeed,[10] Faster Louder,[11] Beat,[12] and The Finest Kiss.[13]

The band's final live performance was a Christmas show in December 2018; they reunited in mid-2025 ahead of a series of shows at the Thornbury Theatre in August.[14]

Discography

Albums

Title Details
New Start Again
  • Released: October 2011[15]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH92)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Calendar Days
  • Released: March 2013[16]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH105)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Melbourne, Florida
  • Released: 6 March 2015[17]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH124)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

EPs

Title Details
Arks Up
  • Released: November 2009[18]
  • Label: Chapter Music (CH74)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Alice
  • Released: November 2012[19]
  • Label: Chapter Music
  • Format: digital download

Awards

AIR Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013[20][21] themselves Best Independent Artist Nominated
Calendar Days Independent Album of the Year Nominated

Australian Music Prize

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015[22] Melbourne, Florida Australian Music Prize Nominated

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music.

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Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2013[23][24] themselves Best Band Nominated [25][26]
Calendar Days Best Album Nominated
2015 Melbourne, Florida Best Album Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The New Melbourne Jangle : Mess+Noise". Messandnoise.com. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Critics Poll 2011: 20-1 : Mess+Noise". Messandnoise.com. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."V presenters' top 5 albums of 2011". [V] Music. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Matador Singles Out Dick Diver, Lower Plenty, Bits of Shit, Royal Headache in News : Mess+Noise". Messandnoise.com. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The 10 best Australian albums of 2013 | Culture". theguardian.com. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Best music of the year: Daft Punk, Lorde and the class of 2013". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The 20 Best Australian Albums Of 2013". Themusic.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brad Esposito (30 December 2013). "The Very Best Australian Albums Of 2013". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FL's Top 50 Albums of 2013". Fasterlouder.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Calendar Days (DD)". Apple Music. March 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Melbourne, Florida (DD)". Apple Music. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arks Up (DD)". Apple Music. November 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alice (DD)". Apple Music. November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Final AIR Awards 2013 Nominations Revealed, $50,000 Prize Announced". tonedeaf. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Courtney Barnett Has Taken Out The Australian Music Prize For 2015 – Music Feeds". 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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